A novel surgical approach to cardiac autotransplantation in complex cardiac sarcoma resection

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 364-368

  Wu, James T ^a   Frazier, O H ^b   Nasser, Maher M ^c   Reul, Ross M ^a  

^a St Luke's Episcopal Hospital   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotransplantation; Cardiac neoplasms; Cardiac sarcoma; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART SARCOMA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149394222     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181f5e77c     Document Type: Article

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